Yu Zhining is not an ordinary person. He is from a famous family. He is the great-grandson of Yu Jin, the Grand Tutor of Northern Zhou, and the second son of Yu Xuandao, the Secretariat of the Secretariat. He was appointed as the magistrate of Guan's county. After Jinyang raised an army, he defected to the King of Qin Li Shimin, and gave advice. He was ranked as the 18th scholar of the Qin Palace. He was deeply relied on. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, he was appointed as the Duke of the County and served as the Prince of the Crown Prince, and was responsible for teaching the Crown Prince. His vision and knowledge were all top-ranking, and he could see Li Shimin's intention at a glance.

But in fact, when Li Shimin first did it, he didn't think so much in his mind. He realized the benefits of doing it step by step. He couldn't help but admire Li Mu even more. He didn't know whether this kid intentionally or unintentionally solved the problem that had not been solved in history in history. From then on, the power will be concentrated in the hands of the emperor, and there is no possibility of competing with the imperial power.

Now for Li Shimin, the most important thing is to balance the background of the bachelor's school. If the bachelor's school comes from the same faction, there will still be imbalance. Although Li Shimin was the first to promote Ma Zhou, it was a mistake, but it was a stroke of magic.

Ma Zhou was born in a poor family and had no background. Before he was in high school, he only had contacts with the general Chang He between court officials. Chang He was just a martial artist. He was named General Zhonglang for his military merits and loyalty, and had no relationship with any force in the court. Ma Zhou was a lonely minister and he would not favor any force. If there was a possibility of bias, he could only favor the poor family.

This coincides with Li Shimin's idea. Why did Li Shimin promote the imperial examinations just to promote poor families without power backgrounds and form a faction that is only loyal to the royal family in the court?

Ma Zhou undoubtedly meets Li Shimin's requirements.

Chu Suiliang has always been a talent that Li Shimin focused on. Chu Suiliang is a man of integrity and does not rub sand in his eyes. He is a scholar. In a sense, he is somewhat similar to Kong Yingda. He is determined by one way and never looks back. Li Shimin appointed him because he wanted to make achievements in the law. As the saying goes, he uses his talents and uses everything. Li Shimin is still very confident in appointing Chu Suiliang in punishment.

Imperial arts are the art of balance. In the future, there will still be children of aristocratic families in the Secretary-General's Pavilion. This is not a compromise, but a balance. The ninth-rank scholar also gives Li Shimin the elastic space to arbitrarily. After all, the grade is there, it is just a "bachelor". Whether to appoint or not is within Li Shimin's thoughts. Compared with court officials, it is easier to control.

...

Just as Li Shimin made drastic rectification of the court, two fleets gathered at Yangzhou Port. The first fleet was a Thousand Stone ship equipped with six artillery pieces, plus four four hundred stone guards equipped with two artillery pieces. Their mission was to draw detailed charts of Southeast Asia. This time the fleet brought a large number of surveying and mapping personnel, and they would summarize every reef, draft depth, wind and wave size, what goods are preferred, what things are produced, etc. into a book to provide first-hand basic guarantees for future ocean trade.

Li Mu gave them half a year. After half a year, they must return. By then, the Mingzhou Port will be completed and the sea trade will officially begin.

The other fleet was a mine transport fleet that returned from Japan. By chance, it caught up with a day. Li Chongyi followed the fleet back. As soon as Li Mu sent Li You away, he took Li Chongyi back.

After not seeing each other for a few months, the two brothers had no place to live. Back at Guyuan, Li Mu asked Li Chongyi to take a shower and slept for a night. At night, he brought Dugu Jiu to find Li Chongyi. The three brothers took charcoal and barbecue and came to an open space by the beach, and roasted the whole sheep.

The flames were thrilling, and the grease came out. Li Mu kept brushing his secret sauce on the mutton. Dugu Jiu was lying on a reef, holding a wine bag in his hand, drinking every bite. Li Chongyi sat next to Li Mu, holding a wine jar in his hand. His two giant axes were untied and thrown beside him, and half of the axe was trapped in the beach.

While barbecuing meat, Li Mu told Li Chongyi about Qi Ge's thoughts. After that, he carefully looked at Li Chongyi's expression. He thought that if he was rejected, Li Chongyi would be somewhat disappointed. He had even thought about how to comfort him. But contrary to what he thought, Li Chongyi was not disappointed, but instead breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Mu said strangely: "Are you not disappointed at all? The baby kiss is gone!"

"Don't be lost." Li Chongyi said in an inward voice: "I didn't know much about love, but I just remembered that there was such a thing, and I couldn't let it go, but I didn't know what to do. It would be great if she didn't want to be with me. From today on, I won't have to think about these things anymore, and it's a heart disease."

Li Mu looked at him and thought to himself that he was worried for nothing. This kid obviously hadn't learned yet.

"Okay, don't talk about this relationship, what she said, do you think is true or false?"

"I don't know." Li Chongyi thought for a while and said, "If she had to say this, it would make sense. But my intuition told me that his father is not a good person. But I have no evidence now, so I don't know."

"If there is no evidence, you cannot be wronged..." Li Mu pondered for a moment and said, "Since that's the case, you can go and investigate yourself. Do you want to avenge your father?"

"Think!" Li Chongyi said loudly, his voice was too loud, which alarmed a group of sea birds resting on the sea. Dugu Jiu threw out a stone, and a sea bird fell down and was thrown by him in front of Li Mu.

"I'll bake it for you later." Li Mu said, looking at Li Chongyi, and said, "Your Majesty should be using troops to Goguryeo this year. Judging from Your Majesty's attitude, he wants to achieve his full results in one battle. The current combat plan is to attack both the sea and the land, but I think if there is a soldier behind Goguryeo, he will definitely be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort."

Li Mu took a piece of firewood and drew a simple map on the beach. Li Chongyi followed Li Mu and had learned how to see the map. Seeing the location of Li Mu's mark, he quickly understood what Li Mu meant and said, "Does my brother want me to unify the various tribes of the Marine?"

"Yes." Li Mu nodded and said, "I have obtained the consent of Your Majesty and allow you to take the Jinyiwei to do things cheaply. The Jinyiwei currently has 3,000 registered people, and the actual number is 5,000. You can take away all the registered people. I have prepared a thousand sets of crossbows, three thousand boxes of arrows for you, and all the other military supplies will be paid from the Bingzhou Governor's Office of the adopted father. But there is the same..." Li Mu said in a deep voice: "After leaving the border, your identity has nothing to do with the Tang Dynasty. If you have any three or two shortcomings before the war begins..."

Li Mu sighed and said, "The court will not avenge you, I can only wait for me to find an opportunity to avenge you."

Li Chongyi was silent for a while and said, "Brother, I understand the pros and cons."

In fact, Li Chongyi understood everything. Li Mu would rather be afraid of all officials and the emperor, and wanted to develop the Jinyiwei. Li Chongyi understood it early in the morning. Li Mu's move was entirely for him.

Now, the Jinyiwei has grown stronger, but the hundreds and thousands of households on all levels are those who followed Li Chongyi's battle in Zhenla. The entire Jinyiwei's framework is all Li Chongyi's direct descendants. This arrangement is to one day when he handed over this vital force to him, he can be instructed like an arm without wasting time to work it in.

As for why it is the number of three thousand, because this is already the limit that Li Shimin can accept, and it is also the limit that all civil and military officials in the court can accept. If this number exceeds this number, it will be suspected of being self-reliant and trying to rebel. Moreover, Li Mu cannot explain clearly. He has no reason to raise so many soldiers. Who can believe that Li Mu was so strong to avenge his brothers?

Seeing that Li Chongyi had become a dull man again, Li Mu patted his shoulder and said, "Do you have confidence?"

"Yes!" Li Chongyi raised his head and said seriously: "Brother, I have confidence."

"If it really doesn't work, don't force it." Li Mu drew another way on the beach. This is a path: "If things are not done, retreat from here. I have already greeted my adoptive father. Although it is not in accordance with the rules, he will send troops to help you. But in this way, the war may have to be fought in advance. We are not ready yet. If it is not helpless, don't do this easily. But if it involves life, don't resist. Come back alive is more important than anything, do you know?"

Li Chongyi responded, Li Mu thought for a while, and said, "Qige, what are you going to do with me? Should you take her away or leave her here?"

"Take it away!" Li Chongyi said, "Although she knows a little martial arts, it's nothing compared to me. If she has a problem, I..." Li Chongyi's eyes were stunned for a moment and quickly recovered: "If she has a problem, I will let her go. After all, she is the only person in my memory. But if I meet again, I won't be polite!" He looked at Li Mu and said, "Brother, do you believe me? I will never ruin a big deal because of her!"

"Of course I believe you, stupid boy." Li Mu patted the sand on his body, stood up, and greeted Dugu Jiu. Dugu Jiu drew his sword, but he didn't see how he waved it. The mutton was cut into pieces. The most amazing thing was that it was broken but not broken, and it was still on the sheep. He gently picked up the chopsticks and then fell off.

"A few days off, after the ore is unloaded and the supplies are loaded, the three of us will go together. Ma Zhou returned to Chang'an and Luoyang, and I have to make some arrangements. Let's cross the river together, you go north along the canal, and we will go to Luoyang again."

"Okay!" Li Chongyi opened another jar of wine and placed it in front of Li Mu. Li Mu grabbed the jar of wine, took a sip, and poured it on the soft beach.

His alcohol tolerance was originally able to fight Dugu Jiu and Li Chongyi, but now, because his wife was in charge, he drank less and had been left far away by the two of them. Li Chongyi drank, just like his people, and he opened his mouth and drank several jars, and fell asleep when he was drunk.

Dugu Jiu likes to eat slow food in small mouthfuls, but he also drinks a lot of them. He also goes in less than half an hour.

When the sun was rising, the three brothers were drunk. They lay together and fell asleep. Zhang Tianai led people to patrol nearby. Seeing the three of them, they did not wake them up and let them go.

She still remembered that when she was in Chang'an, the three brothers always drank like this. She was also very surprised that when these three brothers were together, they had nothing to talk about. After a few words, they started drinking. What was the meaning of it?

Maybe this is the friendship between men, and women cannot understand it.

...

The news that Li Mu was going back to Luoyang seemed to have wings. Before Li Mu had set off, the news had already been sent back to Luoyang.

The stocks of Luoyang Trading Center were the ones who reacted the most strongly. Fengqiuhuang and Bashang Jiufang rose in response. Even Sihai Gambling, which had no contact with him, rose by 20%.

Although all parties have no consensus on Li Mu, one thing is definitely recognized by everyone. That is, when it comes to business, Li Mu is absolutely the first. Since he appeared in the public eye, no one has ever made money in the business he invested in. Anyone with him has made a lot of money. One of the most typical examples is the Cheng family.

Before getting to Li Mu, the Cheng family was like a joke.

Cheng Yaojin is a rough man, but he is still a good person. After careful study, he has almost nothing good at it. In terms of force, he is not the best, in terms of courage, he is not the most brave, in terms of strategy, let alone, when fighting in everything, he can only be a pioneer. In the final analysis, he can reach this day, and it is just four big words, luck.

Because there is no real contribution to being able to show off and suppress the scene. Cheng Yaojin is actually considered a little lower in the military, and in the circle of nobles, he is respected by the Longyou nobles. Cheng Yaojin is not considered a good person and his position is rather awkward. But he can't stand the other person's name. The Cui family in Qinghe fell in love with him. Cheng Yaojin married the Cui daughter and stepped into the circle of the family with one foot.

But he is a noble and a clan. The advantage that both sides have is that they can earn money and cannot starve to death, but there are also disadvantages, that is, he cannot enter the core circle either side. Therefore, before meeting Li Mu, the Cheng family's business was all about eating leftover bones and bringing some meat on both sides, so they would definitely not be full.

But since Li Mu's thigh, the Cheng family took off all of a sudden. The business of the horse farm was booming, and the polo competition had already started in Shuzhou. The national horse in the Tang Dynasty had a craze for raising horses. A good Western Region horse, without a sweat-blooded BMW, had soared to a thousand guan, which was ten times higher than the previous market price.

The Cheng family's income has jumped from the edge of the past to the top of the Tang Dynasty. Someone who is interested in the funeral has calculated that the annual income of the Cheng family is conservatively estimated to be more than 300,000 jin.
Chapter completed!